Having a job that brings you down can feel like
you’re stuck in your own personal version of the classic film Groundhog Day—each
day you wake up to a familiar yet daunting roster of tasks and confrontations
that make you feel a combination of bewilderment, boredom, stress, dread and
exhaustion. Being unhappy in your work can pull you into a funk that can be
difficult to get out of.
But which jobs cause people the most unhappiness? We
may have some answers to that question.
This week saw the release of an annual report on the
happiest and unhappiest jobs in 2017. The data it’s built on comes from
CareerBliss, a fulfillment-focused job search site with more than six million
independent company reviews and salary comparisons, and more than three million
job listings.
Based on employee reviews, see the ten Unhappiest
Jobs of 2017 in our slideshow below. Also take look at our coverage of
CareerBliss’s Happiest Jobs of 2017, for insight on the other side of the
spectrum.
Topping the list of unhappiest jobs is Customer
Service Representative. Those who toil in this capacity deal with call after
call from strangers – some of them quite cross – on subjects ranging from
grievance to rote instructions or product information, and they only get an
average annual salary of $28,887 to do it. This job received a score of 2.198
out of a possible 5.
The next two job titles on the list provide even
lower salaries for workers who hold them. In second place, Retail Cashier earns
its practitioners a mere $18,000 annually, and received a score of 2.201 out of
5.
In third place, Retail Salesperson scored only
slightly higher, at 2.203 out of 5, earning a salary of $18,800. Could
commissions come into play too? Perhaps.
In compiling its report, CareerBliss had to score a
long list of job titles, and in doing so assessed a total of 25,000 employee
reviews. Each job title required at least 50 reviews in order to be eligible.
The evaluation gauged an employee’s relationship with his or her boss and
co-workers, the work environment, job resources, compensation, growth
opportunities, company culture, company reputation, daily tasks, and job
control over work performed on a daily basis.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2017/03/13/the-unhappiest-jobs-of-2017/#42b51a2f730c
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